The lynching of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama of the 5th Infantry Battalion (5BN) on May 29, 2017 by angry residents of Denkyira-Boase in the Upper Denkyira West District has gained international appeal with several news outlets reporting it.

Prominent among them is the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that visited the troubled town of Diaso and Denkyira-Boase and reported its version of the incident.

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Hunt in Ghana for military officer’s killers

"People are sharing pictures of Ghana’s soldiers conducting a search operation in Denkyira-Obuasi in the central region for people behind the lynching of a military officer who they reportedly mistook for an armed robber,"